[Blackmane]

If he was so intent about getting his views into the Supreme Court, why didn't he do it sooner then? I mean, he could have easily started replacing the older members of the Supreme Court, or asked the more conservative judges to step down in order to replace him with judges of his choosing.

Why didn't he? Maybe because he is not scheming about it so much as you suggest. Think about it. With all the issues on the war on terror, he could have easily had a resignation in the Supreme Court kind of fly under the radar, but he didn't. I honestly don't feel there is that much forethought put into it by Bush.

*edit* Now, I'm not suggesting that once a spot is open, Bush isn't going to put in a conservative judge. However, I think you are stereotyping conservatives a little too much. Conservative basically means upholding the Constitution the way it is, and Liberal basically means change in these areas. Just because they are conservative doesn't mean that they are going to impose their religion on America. Lets face it folks, this country was founded by Christians, and its ingrained in the Constitution, and still people are allowed to believe what they want to believe. I think its a slight overexxageration to go straight from conservatives to Bible-thumping radical.

And to suggest Kerry would put a fair, un-biased judge in the court is very fairy tale-ish thinking about Kerry.